barbara’s finished product can be found here. and a modeled shot here.
nataly’s lovely jonah. more pics can be seen over here.
maura knit this classy one. and emailed me some cute pics of it on the babe.
lisa’s girlie edition can be found over here. i like how fishes all around the cuffs makes it kind of ruffly.
and lastly, jessica’s pictures can be seen here, but she’s not quite done, so when she gets there i’ll re-post.
cosySpins snapdragon sport – going up in the shop today
415 yds
100% wool
4 oz
for this round, these are one-off skeins. next time i’ll get some larger quantities, promise! i really really like this weight of wool. it’s the kind of wool i’d use for my jonah pattern, but also for shawls and fine colorwork. i’m currently knitting it in garter stitch on size 7 needles and am very pleased with how it is coming out.
first of all, i’d like to thank you all so much for all the suggestions! there were so many good ones. the name i decided upon, with the help of my knitting group, is snapdragon and the winner of the contest is kelly g. yay!
cosySpins snapdragon – light worsted
100% wool
275 yds
4 oz
on ravelry here
cosySpins snapdragon – sport
415 yds
100% wool
4 oz
on ravelry here
cosySpins snapdragon – light fingering
100% wool
700 yds
4 oz
on ravelry here
i’ll have a bunch at crafts n’at this sunday and then some will go up in the shop.
This sweater, originally designed to be a baptismal sweater, is a kimono style cardigan with slipped cable texturing, straight sleeves with a fish detail, and i-cord finishing.
Needles: Size 4-5 US [3.5-3.75 mm] circular and double-pointed needles (dpns) or whatever size you need to get gauge
Yarn: 350(380, 410, 445, 480) yds [320(348, 375, 407, 440) m] of sport weight yarn
Gauge: 6 sts/in. [2.5 cm], 9 rows/in. [2.5 cm]
Sizes: 3 mo.(6, 12, 18, 24) or chest sizes 16(17, 18, 19, 20) in. [40.6(43.2, 45.7, 48.3, 50.8) cm]
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on ravelry here.
the second annual, this coming sunday in pgh.
i’m debuting the new yarn. this is an exciting show because it is put on by the pittsburgh craft collective, of which i am a founding member.
and if you’re in the area, a kick off party on friday. i’ll be there and it’s a crafty fundraiser for animal friends.
and win some of the new yarn. i need help naming this new yarn brand.
my other yarn is called ‘Rainbow Chard.’
this yarn base is Brown Sheep Nature Spun
i am dyeing worsted (light worsted, more like dk), sport, and fingering (a light fingering).
some of them end up a bit more stripey, but many are semi-solids. dyed similar to how i dye the rainbow chard. i’d like one name to cover all weights. thinking, light, mid, and heavy or something of that sort.
i threw it out on twitter and got the recommendation variegated carrots and i pondered heirloom tomatoes.
i think i don’t like these as much as rainbow chard, because rainbow chard doesn’t make me think of only certain colors (it’s probably the word rainbow). i’m not super attached to the garden idea either. i’m open to anything!
recommend your names and i’ll pick from them… and whomever comes up with the winning name (or gives me a spark to find a name) will win a skein of the new yarn of your choice. get your entries in by tuesday at 10 pm eastern time!
CLARIFICATION: don’t name these yarns! they’re just samples. name the overall line of yarns – dyed with this yarn base, in these sorts of colorways. I work my rainbow chard like so: rainbow chard – reddish orange. rainbow chard – pale blue etc. so these will be name __________- red. _____________ – lime green etc.
p.s. you can throw out as many names as you’d like… let us brainstorm.
what it generally is when people visit. this one happened to be a woolie blur though :)
sorting and skeining
braiding top
re-skeining
spoils
i think i’m going to miss this house guest.
new yarn!
my woolie friend susan has been visiting and we got some dyeing done. the base yarn of this one is brown sheep nature spun, and you can look forward to some of it going up in the shop very soon. it will actually make its public debut at the crafts n’at show here in pittsburgh on the 29th.
before all of that though, i’m hoping to get the jonah pattern up next wednesday.
finished! knit with my leftover skein of malabrigo sock from the mama’s wedding shawl. this babe was born in june, so this is a 6 mo size.
the parents are woodworkers and both have worked for outward bound – organic, outdoorsy and good with their hands. in light of that, i decided to do something growing up the front. writing up this pattern was quite the interesting endeavor! i learned a lot. i’m still going to publish it, but it has crazy (crazy!) necklines going on. next time i’ll know what to do if i don’t want crazy necklines. ah well. tis the way. there are a lot of crazy things we can put on our bodies, just look at those bat wing sleeves that appear to be making a comeback. i think an asymmetrical neckline is probably the least of our worries.
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